NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research
The Institute of Encyclopaedic Research is a Ukrainian state-supported academic research and publishing organization based in Kуiv (Tereshchenkivs'ka St, 3, Shevchenkivs'kyi, Kyiv), Ukraine. 50°26′39.54″N 30°30′56.91″E / 50.4443167°N 30.5158083°ECoordinates: 50°26′39.54″N 30°30′56.91″E / 50.4443167°N 30.5158083°E
Its main lines of research activities [1] are:
- Fundamental, pilot and applied studies in encyclopedic areas;
- Elaboration of scholarly and methodological principles for producing various types of encyclopaedic editions;
- Studying, analyzing and generalizing international and national experience in encyclopedic knowledge, in particular, in preparation and printing of encyclopaedic editions;
- Producing databases for preparation and printing of encyclopaedic editions;
- Forecasting the development in encyclopedic activities and professional assessment of encyclopaedic research results
History and structure
The Institute of Encyclopaedic Research was established by and it is under the authority of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS). It was established on April 14, 2004 as a result of reorganization through merging of The Encyclopaedia of Modern Ukraine Coordinating Bureau and The Ukrainian International Committee on Science and Culture under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
The Institute is part of NAS History, Philosophy and Law Department. The Institute is a state-supported academic organization that acts as a legal entity. Its key task is carry out fundamental, pilot and applied studies in encyclopedic areas to obtain new scientific information, facilitate scientific and technical progress, social, economic and cultural growth of the society and promote strengthening of Ukrainian statehood.[2]
The Institute's staff includes such scientists as I. Dzuba, Y. Yatskiv, S. Kulchytsky, M. Strikha, O. Kupchynsky. The managing director between 2004 and 2008 was Y. Yatskiv (2004–2008). Since 2008 the acting director is M. Zheleznyak.
Activities
The Institute is a leading research organization, coordination center of the encyclopedic activity in Ukraine. Scientists of the Institute study a wide range of encyclopedic problems, elaborate scholarly and methodological principles for producing various types of encyclopedic editions, make professional analyses, work out various concepts and criteria for material selection and presentation, create methodological bases for encyclopedic article preparation, reference system, bibliographic and iconographic support.[2]
In 2004 Together with The V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine a reference-book "Scientific Libraries of Ukraine" was published.
Methodological principles and recommendations of the Institute concerning encyclopedic editions have been used by the institutions that deal with the preparation of the encyclopedic and biographic editions, such as 3-volume "Ternopil Encyclopaedic Dictionary". Ternopil, 2004.
To illustrate «Anthologie. De La Littérature ukrainienne du XIe au XXe Siécle ». Paris-Kiev. 2004, the Institute's iconographic base has been used.
One of the major achievements of the Institute is preparation and publication of the Encyclopaedia of Modern Ukraine.[2]
Notes and references
External links
- National Academy of Science of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine web site (Ukrainian)
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